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I bought a bunch of 8' 4" and 5" cedar posts from a local store. I am going to buy everything else from orchard valley supply unless someone has a better supplier up their sleeve. This is my list: 3' GDC crossarms 12.5 gauge wire 500' fencing staples wire strainers light duty spinning...

Berm is finished! I added perlite to each layer of soil and constructed it so each few inches has a higher portion of clay. Total cultivated depth is about two feet. I gotta be honest with you. Im not sure a large bracing system will be necesary. I had my trellis posts in about 30 inches and...

Maybe next time. I think im going to do this by hand. Ive got to have some trees trimmed/removed for better sunlight and I cant justify making another decent sized expence out of this project. Im mostly interested in the experience of growing right now and hope to apply what i learn to building...

Well i have about a third of the grass removed so far. Going to try to get most of it pulled off today and use the chunks of sod to weigh down cardboard over the whole area until i get to digging it out+building it up. It rained a little last night so that clay soil if fighting one hell of a...

All acess to my yard is no wider than a doorway or smaller. Ill be doing this the hard way. Lol.

There is no way to get machinery into my yard. Im going to start digging the trench by hand today. I'm going to build up the location a few inches as well i think. Drainage is only an issue when with snow melt combined with spring rain. Ill have to chew on repotting the vines or to just...

Ill order some strainers. Space (and soil) is my largest constraint. Given its only holding 4 vines Im not sure a large bracing system will be necessary. Ill think on it and apreciate more input. There is still time before a trellis needs to be installed

So very much to learn I know! The vines are potted so there is no huge rush. But sooner rather than later.

I am planting 3 marquette vines and replanting a concord vine I put in last year that made very little progress and then was damaged by severe wind. I am tearing out my trellis and replacing it with a GDC trellis after hearing about grapeman's awesome success with the system. I am a total...